Arena to get new name as part of radio station launch

Currently called the Trent FM Arena, the entertainment venue is linking up with radio station Capital FM – which will launch in the city on January 3 – to become known as the Capital FM Arena.

The move comes after it was announced earlier this year that Trent FM would merge with Leicester Sound and Ram FM to form Capital FM as part of parent company Global Radio's plan to create a network of stations covering almost every city in the UK.

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Well, I'm not in the radio business, but common sense tells even me that Trent FM will loose a MASSIVE customer base to other local stations (or smaller non capitalised broadcasters). People like to know whats happening locally and, as so many other posters have said; who wants to hear about traffic, news and events from other counties; not me for sure! The only thing that tore me from Chris Evans and the excellent Radio 2 was Twiggy & Emma; but I'm sure these stars (who made Trent FM!) will soon also disappear from our airwaves - to be replaced with 'glamorous radio stars from the capital' (stars that local people cant ... and don't want to relate to!)
As a business owner I certainly wont look to Trent FM for my advertising anymore (its a local thing!) and as I've said, as a personal listener I'll now not feel so bad about moving my aleigence to Radio 2 and BBC Nottingham.
How then Capital FM think they can improve listeners (and ultimately income) with these changes I really don't know; and their argument about 'better music' (because lets face it, that's what a radio station is there to do) is totally blown out by he negatives of the deal; those I've mentioned above, loss of the 'local' touch and local DJ's that made the station what it was. Capital - we don't want your out of town DJ's, 'slick' city DJ's, non local news and world domination ideas, we just want our station back!
RIP Trent FM and all those that sail in her!

NEP, this is a dreadful article. You claim Capital FM will be launched in the city. In fact, 90% of the shows will be networked from London. This station will be about as local as ITV1 is a local TV channel.

I wonder how this new radio station will cope with important local information like closures of schools due to bad weather. They only have 7 hours a day to do this (as the rest of the programmes are networked from London) and those 7 hours are a single service for Derby & Leicester as well as for nottingham.
If they have to deal with all the bad weather along the A6 between Buxton & Market harborough and also everywhere along the A52 between Grantham & Uttoxeter then it is sure going to be one long travel & weather bulletin.
(And, I suppose, they will have to keep telling us that the snake pass is closed which is of no interest to most people who live & commute around Nottingham)
They will have to keep doping this as Trent (ram & Leicester Sound) are supposed to be LOCAL stations as opposed to Heart & Smooth which are regional services).

I totally agree Adrian - it is and always will be the NOTTINGHAM ARENA for me - what on earth it has to do with any local radio station is beyond me. Didn't council taxpayers help to fund this scandalous advert?

I think its terrible gloabl radio are bringing all 3 together to be called "capital" each city will lose some of its idenity with the merging and local people lose local history. Been a few changes with Trent FM over the years and this is by far the worst one!